Pole or post anchor.



" PATENTBD 00T. 6, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATBNTED 00T.6,19os. 1. E. GLUM. POLE 0R POST ANGHOR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

G Houtman an. veoee.

Patented october e, 190e.

n PATENT @wrong IRA ELLSWORTH OLUM, 0F LIMA, CHIC).

POLE OR POST ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,399, dates october e, 190s. Application iiled October 20,1902. Seria-l No. 127,959. iNo model.)

ABe it known that I, IRA ELLSWORTH CLUM, acitizen ofthe United States, residingatLima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Pole or Post Anchor, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to an improvement in anchors for telephone and telegraph poles, fence-posts, and the like; and the object of the device is to provide a cheap, simple, durable, and effective anchor for holding and bracing such polesand posts when subjected to the severe strains that are likely to be placed upon them. Y

With these briefly-stated objects in view my invention comprises certain details of construction and novelties of combination and arrangement, as will be fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in the claims, reference vbeing had to the drawings, in which-f Figure l is a view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view ofone of the anchors, the dukes being shown open. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the dukes closed. Fig. 4; is a horizontal sectional view drawn through the anchor, the dukes also being closed, the line of the section being drawn immediately above the locking-lugs. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the anchor with the dukes open. Fig. 6 is a similar view with the dukes closed. Fig. 7 is a sectional view drawn on about the line 7 7 of Fig. `6. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of one of the flakes.

In carrying out my invention I employ an elongated metallic body A, substantially oval in shape and centrally cut out, as at A', and the side members A2, formed by the said cutout portion, terminate at their lower ends in and are united by a semicircular base A3, that is interiorly recessed, as shown. Immediately above the said base the arms A2 are connected by an integral bar B, and the inner sides of the Yarms'A,2 are provided with ribs C, that have their lower ends terminating at the said cross-bar B. Immediately above the said bar the ribs are provided with oppositelyprojecting lugs C', that form locking ,members for the flukes, as will be described later on. Flukes or wings D are carried by the said body A. Each of the said lukes has its lower end formed with a curved portion D', that is adapted to contact with a hollow portion of the base, and adjacent the said curved portion each fluke is provided with a shoulder D2, that is adapted for engagement with the upper edge A5 of the base when the dukes are extended,`as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The inner portion of each fluke opposite the curved outer face D is concaved, as at D3, and is adapted for engagement with the cross-bar B. Each duke is also provided with shoulder portions D4 D4, that are yarranged to lit under the lugs C when the said flukes arefolded against the ribs, as shown in Fig. 6. This arrangement forms a locking device that securelyand firmly holds the dukes against vertical movement When the anchor is being lowered into the ground, and inasmuch as the hole into which the an chor is dropped is of such diameter that the in the body portion of the anchor and upon opposite sides'of the same and are folded within the said body portion, as shown in Figs. 3 and G of the drawings, and when the Wings are in such positionV their upper outwardly-curved ends D5 will project slightly outward. The guy-rope having in the meantime been secured in the upper end of the anchor, the latter is then lowered into a'hole that has been previously bored in the ground, and after the anchor has reached the bottom of the hole the hole is filled in With dirt or gravel, and by drawing upon the cable or guyrope the wings will be forced or spread Out- Wardly and embedding themselves into the side of the hole Will firmly and securelylock the anchor therein.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap,si mple,and efficient device for the purposes described, and

it will be particularly noted that by providing a locking means for the wings that will prevent vertical movement thereof when the anchor is lowered in the ground all possible danger of the Wings being disengaged is positively avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A post-anchor, comprising the body portion centrally cut away to form a recess and having a semicircular base formed at its lower end, dukes loosely arranged within the base and Aadapted to fold within the recess of the Y bodyvportion of the anchor and lugs integral with the body portion adapted. to engage the said dukes and lock them against vertical movement, substantially as shown and described.

2. An anchor comprising a body portion centrally cut away, a recessed base portion, a cross-bar connecting the' side portions adjacent tbe base portion, inner vertical ribs on the side portions, lugs formed on opposite sides of said ribs adjacent the cross bar, dukes having their lower ends adapted to dt into the recessed base said dukes being recessed on their in ner face adjacent their lower ends, said recess bearing against the crosshar, and shoulders formed on the dukes above the said recess said shoulders being adapted to engage the lugs on the ribs.

3. In a post-anchor, the combination of a body portion centrally cut away, the sides of the body portion terminating in" a'base that is provided with a recess, ribs formed upon the inner sides of the body portion,lugs formed upon each side of the ribs, dukes carried by the body portion/ and having shoulders arranged thereon that are adapted to engage the said lugs whenthe dukes are closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a post-anchor, the combination of a body portion having a centrally cut-out portion, thev sides of the body terminating at their lower ends in a base that is recessed upon its upper side, a cross-bar connecting the said sides, dukes having their lower ends provided with a curved portion each being adapted to dt within the recess of the base, the said dukes also having a recess that engages the said cross-bar, a shoulder formed upon the dukes adjacent the outer curved surface, said shoulders being adapted for engagement with the base when the dukes are in an-open position, lugs formed upon the inner sides of the body portion, shoulders on the dukes arranged for engagement with the lugs when the said dukes are in a closed position, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

IRA ELLSWORTH CLUM.

Witnesses: M. D. BLONDEL,

REA P. WRIGHT. 

